Good Story, Bad Directing

Rating: 4/10 (28 July 2005)

Could there be anymore chase scenes? I enjoy action movies but with this one, there's a point where I said "enough is enough!"
If you haven't seen the trailer, heard about the background, and you like the element of surprise, I suggest that if you plan on seeing this film, see it before you find out anything. Well, for those of you who have yet to see it, plan to, and have done one of the above, I feel you may be slightly disappointed when Lincoln and Jordan discover the truth: they're clones. That tiny intrigue for the audience is unfortunately spoiled by t.v.
Overall, this movie had a good story but a silly action director who didn't know that there's more than action to some movies. I felt there were too many "macho man" and "be-on-edge" shots. They kept your interest, however, and they did entertain me, but it didn't make sense how this underground corporation got away with destroying half the city just to cover up the clones' presence in the city. I guess it's things like that that separate your action flick from your action movie.
I feel that the acting was good. I especially enjoyed Ewan as Tom Lincoln. I hadn't seen him act like a jerk until this film and I found it refreshing. Scarlett Johansson seemed like she was casted merely for her looks. Don't get me wrong, it's nice to look at good looking people, but there again the action movie/action flick line is drawn. Even Sean Bean, who we all know as LOTR's Boromir, was his bad self and did a good job. But I feel Michael Bay is at fault for all of the bad reviews that are surrounding this movie.
If you look past the stereotypes and corny action flick lines, ("They're gonna hack you up.") you'll find a decent story that was unfortunately wasted.